Dianne Blanco, MBA, became Head of PneumRx, BTG’s Interventional Pulmonology business, in February 2017. She is a seasoned leader with 25 years’ experience building medical device businesses across the globe. Dianne was founder of Orteq, Ltd, a medical device company specializing in meniscal scaffolds, and served as its Executive Board Director and CEO for 9 years. She was previously at Baxter International where she served as President of several significant global medical device operations, including five years running Baxter Europe Medication Delivery. Dianne is member of the Board of Directors for Innoblative Designs, Inc., a start-up focused on RF ablation, and Stentys SA, a cardiovascular stent company. She also served on the board of Eucomed, the European medical device industry.  Dianne is a member of the Governing Board of the Chicago Symphony, the Writers’ Board at the University of Chicago Graham School, and the Board of Visitors of CIERA, an interdisciplinary consortium in the Astrophysics Department at Northwestern University. She mentors students at the Kellogg School of Management and in the Executive Club of Chicago’s Mentorship Initiative.

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